Tim and Sid react to Brayden Point’s new deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning and how it compares to other RFAs.
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26 Comments
The Lightning have Kucherov, Stamkos, Point, and Hedman signed for a total of $32.05 mil AAV. The Leafs have Tavares, Matthews, and Marner signed for $33.5 mil AAV.
LOVE MY TEAM, But they break my heart constantly
The explanation is simple: There's no state personal income tax in Florida.
It’s most impressive bc they are getting these guys on great contracts NOW. Most “great” contracts were signed years ago- Crosby, Mackinnon, Marchand, etc. etc. So maybe one day we will look back and think the same of the Mathews & Marner deals
Its 3 years, if its 6 or 7, it's over 10.
After a player is signed, the CBA needs to make sure that each player, makes the same amount when signing. Example, kucherov makes 9.5 over 8, because of state, city, provincial and country taxes, Marner would have signed for 9 over 6, in a city like Tampa, because of the tax differences. That's what needs to be fixed. The citys, states, provinces and countries wont do anything, but the nhl can. That would be a true equal opportunity for every team. The hard cap is better, but not necessarily good. Of course Point signed that contract and he won, because he didn't give up arbitration rights, which teams love or UFA years.
Be prepared for a much better Florida Panthers team !
No they didn't get a deal.. the leafs didn't
Yes WE will GO BOLTS
What does this mean for the Leafs? Please tell us…you guys NEVER talk about the Leafs..
When hayes is higher paid then point
So many dumb comments in here. Bunch of know it all arm chair GM's.
Will they redeem themselves after the greatest regular season/playoff failure in league history?????
Tampa Bay Lightning, “We’ll figure it’s out”
St. Louis caught lightning in a bottle? Wow, these guys are clueless lolol.
kid dubas got played like a little kid
Lmao, Dubas is HORRIBLE. Seriously, how old is that guy? What a joke!
Lmao, "The Tampa Bay Lightning… We'll figure it out." Genius.
Don’t be a weak gm. You have to be aggressive with players so they don’t try to get an overpaid deal. Great job with jbb
So, honest question. How much (money) does Marner take home; average per year, and how much does Point take home. No tax is obviously a factor here, I’m just wondering how much? Thanks to anyone willing to share his 2 cents…
As a Tampa fan I love when we do A+ work that shocks the league but holy hell do we need a Cup. Stamkos and Hedman aren’t getting any younger.
Ridiculous until they get get this tax situation fixed I wont watch another game in this league.
Fair my a$$
This aged well, Tampa in the finals in 2020 & Point is a major peice & dont have Stamkos.. Leafs get slaughtered by the Blue Jackets in the QUALIFIERS that had magnificently less skill then they did when they swept Tampa , Lightning realised cant do it on skill alone so i think the Leafs should take notes.
Deals looking pretty good rn not gonna lie lol
i think after brayden point's 2020 stanley cup playoff and finals performance, his contract has aged well for TBL 🤔
Love that the Bolts won 2 cups after they had this convo.